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Originally Posted by King Glorious
However, if not for maybe one play, not only would they be in the top 20, they would still likely be in the top three. I agree that they aren't nearly as good as they have been in and I don't think they are among the top teams in the country this year. But they haven't slipped so far that they are not better than a team like South Florida. I wonder who would fare better, South Florida in USC's conference or vice-versa? Granted, the gap between the majors and the mid-majors is shrinking in football like it is in basketball. Just about any team is vulnerable on any given Saturday. Boise St beats Oklahoma. App St beats Michigan. The gap is shrinking. But on a week in, week out basis, a team like USC is better than South Florida. Florida is better than South Florida. While SF was playing at Florida Atlantic and nearly being upset (they led 28-23 in the final minute), Florida was nearly upsetting the #1 team in the country on the road.
I'm not saying that this week alone should put Florida ahead of South Florida. After all, SF did beat the same Auburn team that beat Florida. SF obviously has a talented team. I just can't see them as being as superior to Florida as the polls would indicate. The practice of automatically dropping down when u lose is silly. Florida's play in the loss was better than 90% of teams play in their wins. The polls always have been and always will be a sham.
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Polls are polls. I don't think South Florida could beat Florida. I actually think one or both of Rutgers and Cincinnati will take care of South Florida. They got a break playing West Virginia when Pat White got hurt and missing most of the game. But the facts remain, they did beat a good West Virginia team and an Auburn team that did beat Florida. I think they deserve their number 5 ranking no matter how good I think they are. A road win at Auburn whom Florida couldn't beat at home and a win over WV speak for themselves. They are where they deserve to be.